Gardena AG

Gardena AG

The company Gardena AG located in Ulm (Germany) is a manufacturer of gardening tools with approximately 2,800 employees worldwide thereof 1,600 in Germany and an annual turnover of 393 million euros (February 2006). Gardena is market leader in Europe.

Management Board

* Martin Bertinchamp (Chief Executive Office)

Production Sites in Germany

* Ulm (headquarters)
* Gerstetten, district Heuchlingen (plastics processing)
* Niederstotzingen (metal processing)

Subsidiaries worldwide

* GARDENA Manufacturing GmbH, Ulm (production sites in Germany)
* Advanced Plastics s.r.o., Vrbno pod Pradědem (production sites in Czech Republic)
* GARDENA Deutschland GmbH, Ulm (sales Germany)
* further sales subisdiaries in Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Canada, South Africa, Australia, China, Russia and Slovenia

Company History

* 1961 founding of Kress + Kastner GmbH by the merchants Eberhard Kastner (*1928 †2004) and Werner Kress.
* 1966 brand name Gardena is created, change of company name to Gardena Kress + Kastner GmbH
* 1968 introduction of garden hose connection system (Original GARDENA System)
* 1976 introduction of gardening tools with changing handles (GARDENA combisystem)
* 1996 initial public offering at the stock exchange as GARDENA Holding AG
* 1999 new chief executive officer Dr. Wolfgang Jahrreiss
* 2002 sale of company of founding families to Swedish private equity fund Industri Kapital
* 2003 delisting of Gardena stocks, change of company name to GARDENA AG
* 2004 sale of US subsidiary [http://www.melnor.com/ Melnor, Inc.] ; new chief executive officer Martin Bertinchamp
* 2006 acquired by Swedish Husqvarna AB

External links

* [http://www.gardena.com www.gardena.com Gardena company website]


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